Sorry for the confusion you experienced when you tried to change your blog's address! I'm glad you were able to get a new started with the name you preferred.

Do you have any tips on what should be used as the web address / are there any other implications I should consider?

You can choose any web address you want, but keep in mind that your username will be linked to this address when you leave comments on other blogs. It's common to link to your primary blog's address here. This is optional, though, so you can leave this box blank and your comments will just have your name next to them, without a link to any blog or website.

I don't know where the week's gone. I read your reply immediately and am only now getting to respond! I hope it's not too late.

I was happy with the 2 blogs being linked to my account and choosing a primary blog. Although I was a little concerned that somehow I wasn't down as the "owner" of these as I actually wanted one. I ended up with 2 because despite following instructions to change the web address, when I hovered over these in the "my blogs" section, I wasn't offered and option to change. So in the end, thinking I'd not be able to resolve it I just started another with the name I preferred.

However, it's still the web address that I find a bit strange. As I mentioned before, I seem able to choose any that I want, even inadvertently choosing one that was the address of someone else's blog which would presumably then have meant that my comments looked like they were from her. I would prefer to have something that just said what my name is rather than one tied specifically to one blog as I would ultimately like more than one - I have at least 2 quite separate ideas (though I know I shouldn't run before I can walk!!). Do you have any tips on what should be used as the web address / are there any other implications I should consider?

Thanks again, all for your help. I am pleased to be part of the community and hope that I help someone else in the future if I become more proficient!

Each of these blogs is listed under My Blogs in your dashboard, and you can manage each of them from there.

On your My Account page, you can select a primary blog from the dropdown menu. You can select the blog that you most commonly use, making it easier to access its settings when interacting on WordPress.com.

The Web Address box underneath that lets you enter a site address that will be linked to your username when leaving comments on WordPress.com blogs. Entering a new address here won't create a blog or change your primary blog or other blog addresses.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this! :)

]]>timethief on "What is the web address in my account settings?"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-is-the-web-address-in-my-account-settings#post-1376781
Mon, 05 Aug 2013 17:16:43 +0000timethief1376781@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/I think this may be due to the fact that you changed URLs but not to worry as I said above Staff will sort this with yout when they can.

NOTE: Staff work their way through support tickets and forum threads tagged for their attention by dealing with those that have the earliest date and timestamps first, and moving forward to deal with those that have the most recent date and time stamps. Please be patient while waiting for Staff to assist the bloggers who posted before you did.

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Mon, 05 Aug 2013 17:13:20 +0000nicolawilsonhome1376773@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/OK, well, thanks for your support. I hope it's all alright. This is before I even start blogging...!
]]>timethief on "What is the web address in my account settings?"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-is-the-web-address-in-my-account-settings#post-1376763
Mon, 05 Aug 2013 17:09:29 +0000timethief1376763@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Usernames are never private lol :D but not to worry as Staff will sort this when they can.
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Mon, 05 Aug 2013 17:06:45 +0000nicolawilsonhome1376757@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/hi

URLs are openearscuriousmind.wordpress.com, openearsbrightideas.wordpress.com. The titles are the same. I'm not that keen to put my username on an open message - will it be possible to send an e mail instead of posting to the forum?

I'm already subscribed to this.

]]>timethief on "What is the web address in my account settings?"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-is-the-web-address-in-my-account-settings#post-1376749
Mon, 05 Aug 2013 17:03:41 +0000timethief1376749@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Will you provide all specifics and details (blog URLs, titles, usernames, etc.) please. I'll tag this thread for Staff assistance. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.
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Mon, 05 Aug 2013 17:00:33 +0000nicolawilsonhome1376743@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/I have only one username but haven't "lost a blog". The query relates to the "My account" screen. The primary blog address includes the one I set up as "Create a blog" but then the website address in the box below was originally different and was just my username.wordpress.com. As I thought this would affect my blog, I just overtyped it with the blog address and pressed save changes and so it now matches. However, it seems that no matter what I put in that box and save changes, it works - ie the other day I put (accidentally) the name of a blog that already belongs to someone else who was using a blog name I was keen to use. I spotted the problem when I went to My Blogs, couldn't find one, tried to create it and was told the site name is already in use. I typed the address in my address bar and lo and behold a fully functioning blog being completed by someone else was there
]]>timethief on "What is the web address in my account settings?"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-is-the-web-address-in-my-account-settings#post-1376559
Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:30:11 +0000timethief1376559@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/@nicolawilsonhome

How many username accounts do you have?

Which one registered the blog your cannot locate?

You must be logged in under exact same username account that registered the blog and who is the Admin of the blog to access it.

]]>nicolawilsonhome on "What is the web address in my account settings?"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-is-the-web-address-in-my-account-settings#post-1376553
Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:26:58 +0000nicolawilsonhome1376553@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/No, that's not it. I'm just hoping that whatever I've done is OK in the future then as there was one with my e mail address but I just overtyped it and it disappeared - it wasn't/ isn't in "My Blogs".

Never mind.

]]>mrdirby on "What is the web address in my account settings?"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-is-the-web-address-in-my-account-settings#post-1376437
Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:13:05 +0000mrdirby1376437@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/You may have them both registered.

Thanks. But how would that work if I had 2 blogs? I'm talking about the web address on the page with my username, e mail, phone no etc. The name is the same as my primary blog now but only because I overtyped the address that was in their yesterday (which was the default one when I registered- my e mail address) and saved the changes. I ask this, as I had hoped to start one with a different name and hadn't originally known the process. I went back to the account screen as described and just entered a new address which it accepted. Only then did I get to my dashboard, find there was a new blog and then find that someone else had the address that I'd just typed in and that had been accepted. I found that blog so it definitely exists.

Sorry - feel a bit of a failure to have encountered problems practically at login!

]]>mrdirby on "What is the web address in my account settings?"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-is-the-web-address-in-my-account-settings#post-1375716
Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:27:40 +0000mrdirby1375716@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/The url for your blog dashboard should always be yourblogname.wordpress.com/wp-admin. Unless you get the domain update to remove wordpress.com from your url.

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Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:16:20 +0000nicolawilsonhome1375708@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/I don't understand the web address on my account settings. I seem to be able to change it when I want to but don't really know what it means as it seems to be different to my blog address.
]]>timethief on "Changed my name, now no hits."https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changed-my-name-now-no-hits#post-1096444
Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:49:52 +0000timethief1096444@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/I've been shaking me head when witnessing bloggers post here who have done the same thing. There's not way I would every change a blog URL unless I was purchasing a site redirect or a domain mapping upgrade. This explains why > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/08/05/avoid-creating-404-pages/
You're welcome.
]]>theogon1 on "Changed my name, now no hits."https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changed-my-name-now-no-hits#post-1096442
Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:46:11 +0000theogon11096442@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Ah, thanks timethief - I changed the URL and that must be why traffic is so low. If it's just a matter of waiting now, I guess that's fine, at least I know.

Changing the URL breaks every link in the blog and it will take 3 - 4 months for Google, Bing and other search engines to re-index the content under the new URLs. That's why there are two warnings about purchasing a site redirect upgrade.

If you do change your blog address, permalinks to your old address, including search engine results, will be broken unless you purchase a Site Redirect upgrade.

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Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:28:14 +0000theogon11096426@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Just an update: I've also posted a blogpost last night, and usually I get at least 30 hits from a new post... I've even used the same tags, categories etc.
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Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:12:30 +0000theogon11096305@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Hello everyone,

I recently changed the name of my blog about a week ago, and I've noticed that I've only had one hit since then (which was probably me from another computer - tragic).

I used to get about 30 a week, not much, I know, but I preferred that to just 1!

What can I do to get my hits back up? I wouldn't really want to change the blog name back...

Could you please help tell me what happened to my 650+ followers? They dissappeared over night and I don't know how or where they went to.

Did you make any changes to the site shiftstorm.wordpress.com before the follower number changed? Did you change the site address, or do anything else like that?

]]>timethief on "Wordpress Admin - Please Help Return my 649+ followers"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-admin-please-help-return-my-649-followers#post-1079963
Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:38:16 +0000timethief1079963@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/The bloggers who subscribed to your blog subscribed to the URL. The page rank and authority and all links below to the original URL but you changed the URL.

]]>runningfrommyheart on "Wordpress Admin - Please Help Return my 649+ followers"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-admin-please-help-return-my-649-followers#post-1079667
Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:26:37 +0000runningfrommyheart1079667@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Hi - Could you please help tell me what happened to my 650+ followers? They dissappeared over night and I don't know how or where they went to. Could you please look into this for me?

]]>thistimethisspace on "How do I change my blog address back?"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-blog-address-back-1#post-1077765
Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:35:44 +0000thistimethisspace1077765@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Luckily you did not delete http://thespicypepper.wordpress.com/ and can still use it. You can export your content out of the other blog and import you content into it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/ However, note that you cannot change your username to match it.
]]>thistimethisspace on "How do I change my blog address back?"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-blog-address-back-1#post-1077763
Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:32:21 +0000thistimethisspace1077763@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Hi there,
Site Titles and/or optional Taglines can be easily changed at any time here > Settings > General.

7. The final option presented on this screen allows you to discard your current address. This option will permanently disable the address and you will not be able to reuse it. Only select this option if you are sure you will not use the address again. If you want to redirect traffic to the new blog, you can keep the address and purchase the Site Redirect upgrade. http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/

]]>karibradfield on "How do I change my blog address back?"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-blog-address-back-1#post-1077760
Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:29:38 +0000karibradfield1077760@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/It needs to be shown as thespicypepper.wordpress.com
]]>karibradfield on "How do I change my blog address back?"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-blog-address-back-1#post-1077759
Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:28:48 +0000karibradfield1077759@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/I did something wrong and now I've got 2 blogs and the new blog is under the old name, but all my blogging is under a new name. I need to switch them around, how do I do that?
]]>timethief on "I hope this finds an ACTUAL support person..."https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-hope-this-finds-an-actual-support-person#post-1068324
Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:37:35 +0000timethief1068324@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/I was sincere. I am sincerely sorry you deleted that URL because I've done the same thing you did myself and I still regret it. See: http://timethief/wordpress.com

Best wishes with achieving your degree in shooting messengers and launching passive aggressive manipulation attacks. I'm sure you are the head of your class.

It's too bad you ignored the 3 warnings and then clicked the verification link required to delete the blog.

That could have been said in a much more polite way. As the rules clearly state to keep discussion on the topic on hand I wont say more, though I do hope your obviously hard day gets better.
anyway, cheers for that. I blame complete mental exhaustion for not realising that the URL could not be recycled. thankfully it was just a URL that was deleted and not my blog with all the content. As I want to change the title of my primary blog, I will simply pay the necessary $18 so that the blog can be linked with other social networking for a PhD project. Cheers for your help - even though it was full of snark that wasn't really necessary. To be fair, i didn't read the copy pasted stuff - just the info I actually needed - because i haven't yet had coffee!